Headphones

From traveling to commuting to bedtime, the many different ways people use headphones has created a strong market for a variety of headphone products. In such an overwhelming market, we’ve got everything you need to help decide which headphone brand and style is best for you with top headphone guides including best headphones, best earbuds, best noise-cancelling headphones for flying, and more. Explore headphone reviews and deals from popular brands like Bose, Beats, and Sony, and keep up with all the latest headphone news and releases.

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Mashable's Timothy Beck Werth wearing the Sony WH-100Xm6 headphones
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Lead Shopping Reporter

Bethany Allard is a Los Angeles-based shopping reporter at Mashable covering beauty tech, dating, sex and relationships, and headphones. That basically means she puts her hair through a lot, scrolls through a lot of dating apps, and rotates through a lot of different headphones. In addition to testing out and rounding up the best products, she also covers deals for Mashable, paying an especially obsessive amount of attention to Apple deals and prices. That knowledge comes in handy when she's covering shopping holidays like Prime Day and Black Friday, which she's now done for three years at Mashable.

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Shopping Reporter

Boston-based Shopping Reporter, Samantha Mangino, covers all things tech at Mashable, rounding up the best products and deals. She’s covered commerce for three years, spending extensive time testing and reviewing all things home, including couches, steam irons, and washing machines. She thoroughly vets products and internet trends, finding out if those cozy gamer chairs are really as comfortable as TikTok claims.

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Deputy Shopping Editor

Miller Kern is the Deputy Editor of Shopping and Reviews at Mashable, where she writes and edits reviews, roundups, deals, and news stories about tech products, including headphones, skincare devices, laptops, sex toys, e-readers, robot vacuums, and more. She's been covering all things shopping and tech, including shopping holidays like Prime Day and Black Friday, for Mashable since 2019. Miller can tell you which products are actually worth your money. She also explores trends in the shopping sphere, such as dupes and viral TikTok moments.

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AirPods Max 2 vs. Sony WH-1000XM6: Which headphones win?
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Apple's excellent AirPods Pro 3 are back on sale for just $200 — a $50 savings
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The Soundcore Sport X20 by Anker earbuds have dropped to $69.99 at Amazon — save $30
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$99 Apple AirPods 4 are back at Amazon — save $30 right now
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Apple AirPods Max 2 review: Same great style with the tiniest of upgrades
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Soundcore AeroFit 2 by Anker earbuds are over $50 off right now at Amazon
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Level up your listening with nearly half off the Sennheiser HD 600 wired headphones
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AirPods Pro vs. the competition: $30 to $150 challengers
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The Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones are $5 away from their lowest price ever
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The Sonos Ace noise-cancelling headphones are $100 cheaper today only
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Run to grab a pair of Beats Flex earbuds while they're only $40
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Sony's excellent ULT Wear noise-cancelling headphones are still over $100 off at Amazon
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